win32-loader

win32-loader (officially Debian-Installer Loader ) is a component of the Debian Linux distribution that runs on Windows and has the ability to load the actual Debian installer either from the network (as in the version in an official website) or from CD-ROM media (as in the version included in Jessie CD images).

win32-loader
Developer(s)Robert Millan
Didier Raboud
Initial releaseMay 18, 2007 (2007-05-18)
Stable release
0.10.6 / March 22, 2022 (2022-03-22)
Operating systemFrom Windows 95 to Windows 11
TypeDebian-Installer loader
LicenseGPL (version 3)

win32-loader was born as an independent project, for which only the network version was available. Later the code went through a long review and polishing process to become part of the official Debian distribution.

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